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Retaining perivascular tissue of human saphenous vein grafts protects against surgical and distension-induced damage and preserves endothelial nitric oxide synthase and nitric oxide synthase activity

Michael R. Dashwood, Kay Savage, Janice Tsui, Audrey Dooley, Sidney Shaw, María Soledad Fernández Alfonso, Lennart Bodin, Domingos Souza

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery · 2009 · 99 citations · 29 references

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Periadventitial fat releases a vascular relaxing factor

Matthias Löhn, Galyna Dubrovska, Birgit Lauterbach et al. · The FASEB Journal · 2002 · 474 citations

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Saphenous vein graft in the surgical treatment of coronary artery disease

René G. Favaloro · Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery · 1969 · 413 citations

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Visceral Periadventitial Adipose Tissue Regulates Arterial Tone of Mesenteric Arteries

Stefan Verlohren, Galyna Dubrovska, Suk Ying Tsang et al. · Hypertension · 2004 · 278 citations · Full text

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Harvesting the saphenous vein with surrounding tissue for CABG provides long-term graft patency comparable to the left internal thoracic artery: Results of a randomized longitudinal trial

Domingos Souza, Benny Johansson, Leif Bojö et al. · Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery · 2006 · 258 citations · Full text

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Perivascular adipose tissue modulates vascular function in the human internal thoracic artery

Yujing Gao, Zhaohua Zeng, Kevin Teoh et al. · Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery · 2005 · 187 citations · Full text

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